لاشخور (Lashkhor)

/lɑːʃˈxor/insult

What does لاشخور (Lashkhor) mean? لاشخور (Lashkhor) is a Dari strong that translates to “vulture / scavenger / bottom-feeder” in English.

corpse eater / carrion eater

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"vulture / scavenger / bottom-feeder"

Someone who feeds on the misfortune of others — a war profiteer, a slumlord, a corrupt official who steals aid money. The image is of a vulture circling above the dead. In a country that has endured four decades of war, there's no shortage of people this word describes perfectly.

این وزیرها همه لاشخور هستند، از خون مردم میخورند. (In wazir-ha hama lashkhor hastand, az khoon-e mardom mekhoorand. - These ministers are all vultures, they feed on the people's blood.) — Political commentary.